A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal
Impact of Bacterial-Fungal Interactions on the Colonization of the Endosphere
Authors: van Overbeek LS, Saikkonen K
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
Publication year: 2016
Journal: Trends in Plant Science
Journal name in source: TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE
Journal acronym: TRENDS PLANT SCI
Volume: 21
Issue: 3
First page : 230
Last page: 242
Number of pages: 13
ISSN: 1360-1385
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2016.01.003(external)
Abstract
Research on different endophyte taxa and the related scientific disciplines have largely developed separately, and comprehensive community-level studies on bacterial and fungal interactions and their importance are lacking. Here, we discuss the transmission modes of bacteria and fungi and the nature of their interactions in the endosphere at both the molecular and physiological level. Mixed-community biofilms in the endosphere may have a role in protecting endophytes against encountered stresses, such as from plant defense systems. However, transmission from static (in biofilms) to free-living (planktonic) forms may be crucial for the exploration of new habitable spaces in plants. Important features previously recognized as plant-microbe interactions or antagonism in endophyte genomes and metagenomes are proposed to have essential roles in the modulation of endophyte communities.
Research on different endophyte taxa and the related scientific disciplines have largely developed separately, and comprehensive community-level studies on bacterial and fungal interactions and their importance are lacking. Here, we discuss the transmission modes of bacteria and fungi and the nature of their interactions in the endosphere at both the molecular and physiological level. Mixed-community biofilms in the endosphere may have a role in protecting endophytes against encountered stresses, such as from plant defense systems. However, transmission from static (in biofilms) to free-living (planktonic) forms may be crucial for the exploration of new habitable spaces in plants. Important features previously recognized as plant-microbe interactions or antagonism in endophyte genomes and metagenomes are proposed to have essential roles in the modulation of endophyte communities.
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